Street-railway car.



F. CARSON.

STREET RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. 917.

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STREET RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED-MAR. I31 917- 1,252,236, I f mama Jan.1,1918.

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'FRANKCARSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STREET-RAILWAY GAR.

To all whom z't'mag concern Be it known that I, FRANK CARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented. new and useful Improvements in Street- Railway Cars, of whichthe following is a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in street railway cars, and other structures for operation on the pay-as-you-enter plan, the'inventionrelating to improvements in the construction of the car to facilitate the operation of the'turn-stile, the "collection of the fares from the passengers, and-to also provide a safe door and step for the entrance of passengers.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of an end portion of a car provided with one of my improved turnstiles and also embodying my improvements in the construction of the car.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

One end of a car is indicated at 1, and in accordance with my invention, the car is provided near one corner 2, with an inside fixed step 3 and with a sliding door 4 which extends down to the lower outside edge of the step and hence prevents any one from getting on the step from the outside or from entering the car after the door is closed. Levers 5 of any suitable construction and for use in opening and closing the door are arranged in the corner 2.

In the opposite corner 6 is a turnstile 7 A bar 8 extends from one side of the door way to a point opposite the turnstile and forms an entrance passageway 9. The bar terminates short of the side of the car opposite the door way and at a point opposite and close to the turnstile so that an inside entrance 10 to the body of the car is formed between the end of the bar and the said side 11 of the car. This bar may in practice, be a railing of suitable height or may, if preferred be a partition.

The door operating levers are protected by an angular bar 12, and the turnstile is I Specification of Letterslatent.

fare register.

' Patented Jan. 1.191s.

Applicationfiled' March 13,1917. Serial '1 Io'.'-154,52'6.

protected by a similar angular bar 13. .A

space for the" conductor is formed at 14: be-

tween the bars 12 and 13 and at one side of the passageway 9. Thetu-rnstilehas a verticalsha'ft'15- which is mounted in bearings 16, 17, respectively on the floor and under the roof'ot' the car. Near the floor, theturnstile shaft is provided with a ratchet wheel 18, the teeth of which correspond in number with the bars-or arms 19 of the turnstile.

A pivotally mounted pawl 20 is normally engaged with the ratchet wheel of a spring 21, to prevent reverse-rotation of the-turnstile, by passengers entering the car at the end where the turnstile is located and leaving the car through a suitable door at the opposite end. Hence the turnstile prevents passengers from leaving at the wrong end of the car as well as serving to permit the entrance of passengers to the car and prevent them entering the body of the car until after their fares have been paid.

A fare register of suitable construction is indicated at 22 and has an operating lever or trip 23 arranged for oscillating movement. The turnstile shaft 15 is provided with a tappet 242 having a plurality of radially arranged tappet arms 25 which correspond in number with the arms or bars of the turnstile. Hence when the turnstile makes a partial rotation to permit the entrance of a passenger through the entrance way 10 into the body of the car, one of the tappet arms coacts with the lever 23 to oper In practice, the points or arms of the tappet are cushioned with rubber or other suitable material, at the points where they engage with the trip rod or lever 23 of the A suitable locking device 29 is here indicated for the turnstile and by means of which the conductor can lock the turnstile against rotation when desired. This locking device may be of any suitable construction and is here shown as a ring slidably mounted on the bar 13 and adapted Copies of this patent may be obtained for to be engaged with any one of the bars or arms of the turnstile and to drop into a notch 30 with which the 'saidbar 13 is'provided. Any suitable means may be provided for hanging the door for sliding movement and preferably the door is protected by a screen 31, arranged at a point inside the door. My improved turnstile, in connection with the fare register andfthe construction and-- arrangement of the coacting parts of the car enables the conductor to readily collect the faresfrom all of the passengers as they enter the car andto correctly register the fares. 1 V I vPersons such as policemen, fi remen,and others, who ride without being required to payfare can use the eXit door both for entering and-leaving the car. All fare-paying passengers must enter the car by the door 4. By the provision of the exit .door at the front end of the car, overcrowding of the rear end of the car is prevented.

in Which the door is arranged, bars in the corner of the car at said end and spaced from each other to form a space for the c0nductor and to also coact with the first-named bar to form an entrance passage-way into the body of the car, operating meansfor the door including a lever mounted'on one of said corner bars andnieans to' regulate the I passage of persons 1nto the car body and meluding a vcontrolling device for operation by the conductor and arranged on the other 40 corner bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK CARSON.

five cents each; by addressing the Commissionerof Patents, Washington, D. O. 

